Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1394. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CLAUDIUS. 41-54 AD. Æ As (10.57 g, 6h). Rome mint. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head left / S C across field, Minerva, wearing aegis, advancing right, brandishing spear in right hand, round shield in left. RIC I 100; von Kaenel Type 60; BMCRE 149; BN 179; Cohen -. Near EF, wonderful warm red-brown patina. Attractive portrait style reminiscent of his brother, Germanicus. ($750)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.